Terminator Archive

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a cutting edge scientific developmental wing of the U.S. government, recently announced that it has set aside millions of dollars to develop ‘Project Avatar’. However, this project will not include blue people like in James Cameron’s “Avatar”. Bi-pedal robots will be used to conduct many of the dangerous tasks performed by infantry soldiers. Theoretically, a real-life soldier could be used to control the robot from thousands of miles away according to DARPA. Here is a link to Daily Tech’s article which can provide as much detail as DARPA is obligated to divulge: http://www.dailytech.com/DARPA+Looks+to+Bring+Movie+Avatar+to+Life+with+Robot+Surrogates/article24041.htm Immediately, this sets in motion a few deep issues about the project, both against and for the project. My friend and […]